2007 September

Google Reader Now with Built-in Search

The search giant Google added a new lever of search to their offerings today. As I opened the company’s Google Reader service, I noticed the new search field in the upper pane or the interface:

Whatever Greasemonkey script was previously used to hack a search field is no longer necessary. The new option allows you to search and aspect of your feeds (starred items, folders, etc.), and even works in Opera (I’m a big Opera devotee, so, you know).

Waiting for Joomla 1.5 Stable

After months of not touching my school’s Web site, there is finally hope as to when things will get rolling again. Currently, I am running it on Mambo 4.6.x series, which is deeply incompatible with many components and such. Too keep at least the SEF URLs running, I had to hack up one of the Mambo core files, which involved commenting out a certain function that 404 SEF doesn’t like. In other words, my Mambo install is a mess.

I’m anxiously awaiting the release of Joomla 1.5 Stable. Right now, it is up to RC2, which is very good progress. The Joomla team’s says that they will be putting out at least one more release candidate before the final version is ready, but I’ve got some time to spare. Keep it up Joomla!

Playing with Apple Motion

While at the Apple store last week, I experimented with Motion a little bit. One of my friends showed me some of the things he has done with it, and it looked pretty cool, so I wanted to try it out for myself. Turns out keyframing is a very simple task.